Man of Many User Names And Kuleana have at it.
Just keep it out of the other threads.
(No, I’m not a mod. Just a suggestion)
“Hawaii’s petition for rehearing triumphantly declares that ‘Hawaii has regulated the public carry of firearms for over 150 years,’ pointing to various enactments in 1852, 1927, and 1934,” the brief explains.
The state argues such restrictions have been widespread and longstanding.
“This is quite an assertion. … For most of Hawaii’s history, the island nation had no republican form of government – rather, it was a monarchy, ruled by kings and queens. Even after later transitioning to a constitutional monarchy, the Kingdom of Hawaii Constitution of 1840 did not recognize a right of the people to bear arms.”
“The Hawaii stranglehold on arms was easy to accomplish, since native Hawaiians had no experience with firearms prior to the arrival of Europeans in the late 1700s. Indeed, traders and settlers selectively doled out firearms in order to ‘unite Hawaii’s eight main islands into a single kingdom [under] Kamehameha 1.’
“This is hardly a noble pedigree to apply when determining the right of a sovereign people to keep and bear arms as a bulwark against tyranny,” the brief explains.
Hawaii became a U.S. territory in 1898 and a state in 1959.
“Hawaii’s antiquated firearms regulatory scheme should be rejected out of hand – a relic of history, not unlike the sovereign prerogatives of King George, against which this country’s Second Amendment was designed to protect,” the groups argue.“
http://www.hawaiifreepress.com/ArticlesMain/tabid/56/ID/22770/Hawaii-Gun-Carry-Ban-Legit-Because-Its-Century-Old.aspxP.S. 2AHawaii is the name of the website.
Oh, and we will watch the tangents you guys go off on too.
Oh, and just for shi+s and giggles, Man of Many User Names why did I get blocked but not Kuleana or EEF?